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<p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>The effort to take large amounts of anonymous campaign donations out of political campaigns came to Syracuse City Hall Monday where common councilors approved a resolution supporting a constitutional amendment to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 "Citizens United" ruling. &nbsp;</p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Councilor Jean </span><span style="line-height: 1.5;">K</span>essner<span style="line-height: 1.5;"> voted yes because she supports the sentiment. &nbsp;But she feels a constitutional amendment is a very slow path to get the results they want.</span></p><p>Tue, 23 Jun 2015 03:22:14 +0000Scott Willis36124 at http://waer.orgMovement to Overturn "Citizens United" Decision Reaches Syracuse City HallMove to Amend Spokesperson to Appear in Syracuse http://waer.org/post/move-amend-spokesperson-appear-syracuse
<p>A national Democracy Activist speaking tonight (6/2/2014) in Syracuse is hoping to keep the momentum going for a movement to end Corporate Personhood.&nbsp; In essence, he says it provides for the same rights as humans.&nbsp; <a href="http://movetoamend.org">Move to Amend</a> Spokesperson David Cobb says the problem is that several laws safeguard corporations through constitutional rights.</p><p>Mon, 02 Jun 2014 18:39:47 +0000John Smith19088 at http://waer.orgMove to Amend Spokesperson to Appear in Syracuse CNY Groups Trying to Change Constitution for Fair Electionshttp://waer.org/post/cny-groups-trying-change-constitution-fair-elections
<p></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>A group of Central New Yorkers joined a number of democracy groups in calling on state lawmakers to help limit the influence of money in politics.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>Tue, 29 Apr 2014 15:35:08 +0000Chris Bolt17548 at http://waer.orgCNY Groups Trying to Change Constitution for Fair ElectionsSupreme Court Decision Raises Roof on Political Contributionshttp://waer.org/post/supreme-court-decision-raises-roof-political-contributions
<div><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><a href="http://action.citizen.org/p/salsa/event/common/public/search.sjs?distributed_event_KEY=706">Rallies are being held in Syracuse and across the country today</a> in reaction to the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down overall limits on political contributions. &nbsp;The 5 to 4 ruling in </span>McCutcheon<span style="line-height: 1.5;"> vs. </span>FEC<span style="line-height: 1.5;"> allows a single donor to give up to $3.5 million per election cycle to a political party.Wed, 02 Apr 2014 22:06:22 +0000Hannah Warren & Scott Willis16351 at http://waer.orgSupreme Court Decision Raises Roof on Political ContributionsCNY Group Vows to Overturn High Court Ruling Granting "Corporate Personhood."http://waer.org/post/cny-group-vows-overturn-high-court-ruling-granting-corporate-personhood
<div>Central New Yorkers opposed to the U-S Supreme Court’s Citizens United Decision marked the 4th anniversary of the ruling Tuesday by vowing to overturn it. &nbsp;Supporters of the group Move to Amend want a constitutional amendment that would reverse what they say is corporations growing financial and corrupting influence on elections.Tue, 21 Jan 2014 20:51:29 +0000Scott Willis13347 at http://waer.orgCNY Group Vows to Overturn High Court Ruling Granting "Corporate Personhood."